The Sun. — London, England, 1809-08-04 00:00:00

NAVAL -,NtWs' PLYMOUTH, AixOtisT t.—Sailed for the east*ard the Earipide FIiENCH from Malta; the Saniuel, GRImsroNE; and Ann, GALE, from Gibraltar ; and the. ship Nelly,_from Jamaica. - Arrived the' Martha, of and from Waterford, liztiviß, Master, laden with .provisions for thii poll, last from Falmouth. . Sailed the Espiegle sloop of war on a cruize. Arrived two store-ships from Portsmouth. P oIITSMOUTH, AUGUST 3.—Arrived the Sarpe don, of 18 guns, from a cruize ; also his Majesty's -Ship Persian, from the Westward, with three sail of transports; and Portsmouth, BURDHA at, from Loudon. His Majesty's- ship Mermaid takes convoy to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec. The Adobe frigate is appointed to take convoy, and give irrstru6tions to ships for the West Ine'es. The Sharpshooter gun-brig takes convoy to Guernsey. FALMOUTH, AuGusT L--Arrived .the Spanish I,ebec St. Antonio, BEXASOS, from Gibraltar, in 21 SlaYs.. for Guernsey; and the Joseph,"FoßEsTz; from Gibraltar, for orders. Sailed his Majesty!s ship Humber for the Downs With convoy ; TOWT/Sheni, WESTERN, for Gibraltar, Malta, and SiCily ; .Mancnester, DAVIS, 'for the Lee ward Islands ; Duke of Montrose, BLuers, for Ca. diz, with Mails ; Marlborough, BULL, and Princess Charlotte, XERII, with Mails, for Lisbon. DIVER, AUG. has been confidently re ported here this afternoon that the island of Schowen, In Zealand, has been taken by our troops the news "Lne by a boat arrived at Folkstone. SREERicESS, AUG. 2.—The Starling gun-brig is 2 PPointed convoy far litligoland,the 4th inst. ; and the:Rosario sloop of war is appointed convoy to Got tenburgh. DEAL ACTG. 3.—Last night a telegraph message 'Was received from the Admiralty, for all the heavy artillery lying in the Downs to sail immediately ; they proceeded this morning, under convoy 'of his Majesty's sloop .Rinaldo. Remain in the Downs the Gtatton, Unicorn, Sa line, and Dexterous. Extract of a Letter, received in Dublin by an Officer of rank. from his Nephew, an Officer on board his Majesty's ship La Virginie, on a cruise. 4 ' July 20, tBO9. " We have .been extremely fortunate lately ; we have taken a French West Indianian from tuadafoupe, bound to Bourdeaux, laden with sugar and coffee ; also re-captured a brig from , Gibraltar, bound to Liv er p oo l, and an American' Ship from 'New Orleans, bound to Liverpool, la den with Cotton ; we are in great hopes of tak ing some more before our 'cruize is out. We have i atelligerice of 'two Fiench frigate's and several mer chant 'vessels coming from Guadalotipe ; the frigates are deeply laden with sugar and coffee; we have notice also of a French brig about the latitude we are now in, which is Making the best of her way for , Fr ance, h av i ng p l undered upwards o f twe l ve xnglish vessels she is supposed to be worth near 40,0601. • "P. S. Since I began the above we have taken a French schooner from Guadaloupe, bound to Ro chelle, laden with cotton, sugar, and entree. - • A very grand and solemn dirge was performed, yesterday, at the Royal Chapel of Portugal, for those persons wh o w e r e atro c i ous l y mur dered by the Fr ench at Op or t o ,. and elsewhere, in Portugal. The altar was hung with black velvet, and the chapel wit h sable throughout. A sermon, suitable to the occasion, was preached by the Rev. A. ShIITH, from the text. " It is better to die, than see the calamities of this peo- 1 Ple." —ludas Macchabeus. The Requiem consisted of a selection fiem the celebrated MOZART, and was performed by Messrs. LANZA, FITZSIMMONS, EVANS, VAUGHAN, BEALE, a nd NOVELL°, and Master BIGGINS ; Mr. FITZSIM II°NS sang a beautiful sUo, from VORTOGALLO.---• Absolve quoesumus, and the most elegdnt and im pressive quartette, Doming Jesu Christe, from the same, Were executed with fine effeet by FITZIM- M°Ns3 LANZA, NOVELL°, aria Master FITZPA TRICK. Among the Fa s hionables present were, co ountesses unte Of ABERDEENT and SHAFTSBURY, Vl5- CAsTLEREAGH, L a dy HAGERSTON, &c.o. In th Ss e Tribune, with the AMBASSADOR,. were, the Earl of L IVERPOOL, Lord CASTtEREAGH, 11r. CANNING, and a number of foreigners of distinetion, his friends. The organ was _played by V. No- VELLO. he Enemy's pi ivateers haVe lately been very suc cessful on the South American coasts, as will appear by the following Extra& of a Letter., dated St. lago (Chili), .April 24 : " Resides fdur Prizes taken in these seas, from.the English within a few months, the PERRY, re turning to England with 400,000'dollars, and a great. quantity of ingots on board, has just been captured. There are now seven privateers critizing on the:coast of Chili and Peru. The Canzberland sailed from Buenos Ayres the beginning of May, but put back a few days after wards, in consequence of the Captain being drown ed. The Generous Planter and the Goleta were to 411 early in May for England." FOE~'`RYf rAno:l.-1-1.),:nc3, Book 111, Ode 9. DoNsc GRA TUS SRAM TIRT. WARDLE. :While you with tales and fibs, beside me, .Faithful to me alone, supplied me, I hummed the House, deceiv'd th e nation, cull'd many a foolish Corporation ; • Nor was Burdett, by. hoax or lie, . In Freedoms, Boxes, e'er so rich as I. MRS. CLARK!• While you (in private) paid at sight Bills for my furniture to Wright, For me, without or shame or sorrow, What passid to-day denied to-morrow, And swore no word so true as mine, I made the goyal,lluke resign. WARDLI. Now for Reform—Finance-by turns ' My patriotic bosom burns, To prop my wild asseveration, With schemes of saving by starvation; For this without a blush I heard, ' How false, how foolish, how absurd ! Brav'd sense and wit, and spleen and rancour, Content to please the Crown and Anchor 1. MRS. ct.aiartz. For Wright haweer 1 may be blaired, My virtucius • boscirri 'is en flarn 'd ; For Wright and truth--fot truth to me Has all the charms of novelty: For thiS' once more I'd stand the test, And brave the bcd wls of Serjeant Best. WARDLE. What if to re-unite, I chose, The brazen link by which we rose; - Abandon Cartwright's crazy crew, Drapers and Crown and Anchor too ; In forging Tales once more embark, And framing Charges with my (://lrhe. MRS. CLARKS- Though . truthhas charms, and Wright can send me Chairs, tables, sofas, to befriend me, You empty promise, basd Statute of friuds, disgraCeful trial, A true, hot, brainless, Cambro- Briton, Those paid-for chairs with you I'll sit on, Content with you in tales to vie, With you to fib, with you to lie. • THEATRICAL LICENSES seem now to rise like mushrooms,. and consequently the value of patents may be expe&ed to diminish_ in the same proportion. The vast increase of the pOpulation, and augmenta tion in the size of the metropolis since the patents were originally granted, do, perhaps, render some indulgence of this nature necessary and proper, as dramatic entertainments Wave so much influence on the minners of a people, and are so peculiarly adapt-• ed to the taste of this country ; but whether a pro portional increase in the size of the theatres is the best remedy_ for meeting the increased population, is a question which we shall not at present attempt' to decide. A license, it seems, has been granted to Colonel GREVILLE and Mr. ELLISTON, the actor, or rather the license originally granted to the former has - been much extended,- and the-latter has received permission to participate in its privileges: It is their intention to open the Pantheon for the representa 7 tion"of musical pieces, under the name of " WIN TER OPERA ;"- and they are allowed, not only to - introduce Ballet, Burletta, Pantomime SpeEtacle, and similar entertainments, but DIALOGUE. If this be the case, it is time for the PATENTEES to look about them, and it may have no slight operation upon the minds of the Drury-lane Renters, in dis posing them to accede to a temporary suspension 'of their interests; to secure them more effeclnally, when a new Theatre shall-arise in the place which now exhibits such-a deplorable scene of ruins. In deed, we understand, that the Proprietors of the Winter Theatres are' alive to their danger, and have entered their protest against the license granted to Messrs. GREVILLE and ELLISTON, at the Lord Chamberlain's Office. Madame CATALAN!, has succeeded in procuring an engagement for Mr. ANNFOSSI, in the Orchestra of the new Covent-Garden Theatre, to perform the principal double-bass, on the nights she sings. Mr. WOODRAM, the principal double-bass of.the Thea tre, has his salary continued the same as if he per formed. Quictc, whose talents are in full strength is, en gaged to perform a few tights at the Lyceum, and is expeaed to come for yard in ills favourite part of Little Isaac. it is much to be regretted that so ex cellent a Comedian should not have a permanent footing on the London boards. Monday the crew of the Culloden were paid one third of their wages and prize-money at Plymouth, (amounting to 861. per Man) and were granted four-. teen . days leave of absence to visit their friends. Se veral of them; who had previously served in, and been drafted from other ships in the East Indies,- have considerable sums due to them for - prize -money; and One foremast man received 4601. It is iarnenta ble to see how the money, thus hardly earned, is iquandered, ,One of the seamen gave fifty guineas for a gold watch, Which he will probably part with in a few days, for as many shillings, should it escape the rapacious fangs of the Cyprians, who swarm in shoals at that place. TEE LADE, btaE OF EEnFolib; The Statue Of this NObleinan, WhiCh hia long been in preparatiop, was yesterday opened to the in sptetion of the public. It is placed on the south side of Russell -square.—The Duke is 'represented as Standing ,ori a rock, dressed in his parliamentary robes, his right hand leaning on the shaft of a plough; and holding in his, left some ear's of corn. The 'fi gure is noble, considerably larger than real life,, yet the likeness of, the Duke is admirably preserved, and the robes, which it was to be feared might have given a degree of heaviness to the whole, are dis posed with great elegance and taste. At the four corners of the rock on which the Statue is placed are four figures; emblematical of that art Which his Grace while living so munificently, patronized; we mean the art of agriculture. Some of these figures were shewn at the late exhibition 'at Somerset-house,/ and wete deservedly admired for the classical taste of their design, and the neatness of their execution. . The pediment, on which•the above are placed is surrounded by a bronie entablature, in basso-re lievo, descriptive of the labours,and the rewards of husbandry, and the four corners are ornamented with bulls heads of exquisite workthanship in alto relievo. Two compartments of the pediment •are filled with allegorical designs in bronze, representa tive:of georgical ,pursuits, These are in baso-re. lievo, and there is much• merit both in .the design 'and execution. On the whole, this is by far the noblest monu ment of the arts with which this metropolis has been adorned for many years past. If we except the equestrian figure of Charles I. at Charing-Cross, and the still. more exquisite figure of James 11. which is not known in propoition to its value, behind the Banquetting-House ' Whitehall, the present is 'de cidedly the best work in bronze with whiclilondon . has yet been adorned. Perhaps it bad been better,had the figure 'of the' Duke been less colossal, considering how near 'the speOtator is placed to. his object There is another disadvantage attending the whole, which, however, it may be hoped will wear away, we mean the imitation of the nerd antique, , which i, in truth, very. unskilfully done. a very simple process, which the' Rattans, and other forgery of ancient medals, successfully _pursued, and which is de scribed at _length in some of the numismatic works, the venerable' patina of the ancient brollies, which so highly delights both the eye and the taste of antiquaries, and the eve of real taste tan be imitat ed .to an astonishing degree of exactness. Had some process of that kind been used in the present case, the figures we have been describing would have appear ed to much better advantage. We, lio4 ever, hope, that the false and spurious patina they,have re ceived is not indelible; and, when the meliorating h:ind . of time shall have effaced it, we doubt not but the work will be pronounced one of the happiest efforts of modern genius, and does honour to the talent's 'of MioWISTkACOTT. Wednesday Captain D. of the Royal Marines (a person said to be of good property; besides •bis com mission, but most probably a sharper who had 'as sumed the name), went to the shop - of Mr. hunter, mercer and draper, Taunton, to look at some mus lins, coniplained to, the shopman his neck handker chief was not proper, and wished him to. get a look ing-glass ; in the interim he made free ; with a piece, and put it in his pocket. It happened to,be perceiVed by the shopman that a piece was wanting, Mr. Bun ter was acquainted with it, who immediately pro cured.a search warrant, wept to the Captain's lodg ings; and broke open a trunk, in which were 'the piece of muslin lost, a piece of cambric, and many other suspicious, articles, with a great number of gold seals. He was taken to a Magistrate in a chaise, who committed him to Ilchester gaol. The above is from a Bath paper, and the follow ing article from another paper alludes to the -same offender. • About three months ago the shop of Mr. Welch, goldsmith, at Plymouth, - was ,robbed (by means of incisions made in the window shutters) of ; property to the amount of near 5001. and, notwithstanding the most diligent search and inquiry i added to the offer of a large reward, no trace whatever was dis covered of the robbers till yesterday se'nnight, when a very 'unexpeeted discovery was made at Taunton, in Somersetshire. An Officer, on the recruiting service went, on the day'above named, to the shop of Mr. Bunter, mercer, in Taunton, to look at some muslins, and during the temporary absence of the shopman, contrived to steal a piece, and secrete it in his pocket ; but the.shopman, after he went away, missed the piece, and informed his master, who shortly after obtained a search warrant, went to the Officer's lodgings, broke open a trunk, and there found the stolen muslin, a piece of cambric, and many other suspicious articles, such as silver spoons, belonging to the different inns, for the loss of which the servants had been repeatedly censured. A great number of gold seals, together with other valuable jewellery articles, were also found,' the latter conjec tured to be part .of the property stolen from Mr. Welch. Mr. Welch is gone up to identify his pro perty, and in the mean time, the Officer has 'been committed to Ilchester gaol, to take his trial on the charge of privately 4tealing the muslin, which is a capital offence. An unfortunate Irishman, named O'Flogherty, who was desperately wounded in an affray with some of his countrymen on the night of last Sunday se'n night, in Chick-lane, died of his wounds in St. Bar tholomew's Hospital, on Tuesday night. A Coro ner's Inquest was held on. the body, on Wednesday evening at St. Bartholomew's - Hospital, which, after BIGAMY.—A curious circumstance took place yes- sitting in deliberation until one yesterday morning, ter&lay at Union. Hall during the examination of a brought in a verdict of Wilful Murder against three, woman on a charge of bigamy. While the first hus- persons, two of whom are in custody. band, named Facia, was giving evidence in order to ACoroner's Inquest sat yesterday at a public substantiate the.charge against her, a Lady, who was . house in Oxford-street, on the body of Amelia in the Office, rather mul apropos for the witness, came forward and addressed the Magistrates, as hay- Rogers, a dashing woman of the town, who was lug a - claim to his hand prior 'to his having entered found dead in her bed 9n Wednesday morning. It appeared in evidence; that the deceased had returned into.the holy State of matrimony with the prisoner. Under these circumstances , the Magistrates thought. from Brighton on Saturday last, -she having gone to the coast take a farewell of an Otticer, her protec -Iroper to commit both the witness and the prisoner for trial.- The i.viiness indeed dem urre d' ; b ut the tor, - jetand since her return she had become much de ed. It was discovered on opening the body, that Magistrate observed, that, having prirn'a facie evi- the-deceased had taken a quantity of arsenic, which deuce in the case, he was determined to adhere to tier servant had procured 'on,Tuesday afternoon. — resolution of coannitting both, i VerdiC4- 1 -Lunacy, • :•.• .',• DUBLIN; AUG. is 1 . •, We highly approVe-4.nay; we Itribst : t ennr. tC• man who suggested the idea—of bolding, on the last, day of the forty 7 ninth year Of our be:, loved Monarch'S reign, Which Will beliie 24tli of Offober next. The loyal City Of Dublin, ever Most in mark:ntY.lier dutiful affei9ion to h SoverBigii who is indeed the honoured Father of hiS has instructed the LORD MAYOR to Milit upon. Grace the LORD LIEUTRN AtiT to request his did Ind concurrence in marking the day as an i bigh festival. It is propoed, if his Grace consents (which cat-not be , doubted) that the' Government and the Corpo ration shall on that dui: go to Christ Church in Grand Gala, there. to return thanks to Alriliglq God for his great goodness in preserving the King's life.; through so many dangers, and to mvoke,hisgtacioni Providence to continue it long and 'happy. Allcr this a grand dinner is to be given at the Rotunda,. and a Ball in the evening for the - Ladies. Thu troops aticl yeomanry, it is hoped, will.be.ealied our; and a grand .display of fit - e-works,.wiil be exhibited; as on the Coronation, in Stephen's Green ; and, for ever to perpetuate the day; a subscription will, bu s opened to ere& an equestrian statue of . i.Grokog. Tim. Goon, in the NoW PlaCe; oppbsite , the Courti of Justice. The new Basin, at Bleifintten-gtretit, is jtist complete ; and this week the &Sill at Portobello Will, be began. The Curporauion, determined that their fellow-citizens shall have the full benefit of at?, adVanced rent, are proceedihg with the utrilost vity in laying - dbwn iron rhainS, and itnprovitig the Pipe-water, 7 5141 , 11911 SllEk'.—Pub4c curiosty has been tifie.d for Several days;past, by viewing the sheep lately imported from Spain, which are at p i e, ‘• sent grazing in St. James's Park, attended by the , eight shepherds who: were appointed to attend them during their passage. About 1300 of these f're'e. sheep were shipped in Spain, and upwards of 1200 have safely arrived. They are shorn close, but as yet have not sufficiently recovered from the fAtigue of:their journey to appear . to advantage. 'The shep herds (the same who art iv ed last year) have a Iregular allowance of food per day, at his Majesty's charge ; and are otherwise well provided, and, have liberty id remain in England as long as they please. They have a very: rustic appearance, and -eicite much miration from their uncouth dress. They are ex tremely swarthy, wear large dusty, breod-blitrirned hats,, and, like their -sheep, seem not as yet cleansed from thedirt they accumulated in their journey. lsroA - ,GOATS.—Some very 'beautiful animatS of the'.goat kind have been sent home from India in the late fleet, as a present from Sir E. Baillie to hi Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. They are larger than the ordinary size; with smooth beautifully speckled, as we sometimes see- deer; with very brilliant colours.' One of them, in parti cular, t a. Male, is beautifully variegated with red and white. His horns, which are smooth, are also ele gantly mottled. These animals were brought, to Calcutta, at the express desire of his Royal Highness to Sir E. Baillie, from Delhi, where they had'beeti introduced ,from: Persia. His Royal "Highness i n :. • tended them for his Royal Mother's -Lodge at FrOg , more, and has already presented them to her Ma, jesty, who is highly gratified with the gift: , Th e number originally embarked was four, viz. one mald and three females; and being likely to be very troublesoMe passengers,' and to ehdartgerihelr Own' safety by their own inconsiderate and-untimely 'gam bols, they were committed to the care of Captain Herbert, of the Company's ship Euphrates; with a•particular request to pay every attention to their safe and healthful conveyance. Captain Herbert 'attended -so,well to his charge, that, though two of. 'the females were knocked about so dreadfully as to occasion their death, in the tremendous gale which separated the fleet off: the ISle of France, on the • 14th of March, one of two kids, a female, left by one of them, was preserved and reared by the milk of the ship's cow; and landed in good health .with the surviving female and male. These three were conveyed to-town immediately after the Euphrates arrived in the River ; and being kept some days is the stable of Carlton House, were sent to - Frogniore, where they now are. There is every assurance, that with proper attention, the breed will be speedily, multiplied, as the elder female was twice pregnant during the voyage, though in consequence of the' male having got access to her, she was prevented from bringing forth her young in a perfeEt His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. has con veyed, , through Colonel Macrnahon, hiS gracious acknowledgments for Captain Herbert's care of these animals, which, from the description of their beauty and usefulness, he had long desired to annex to the ornamental stock of Frogmore. When the breed is nirore generally diffused, it will be a valuable ad dition to the improvernerqs:and extensions recently made in the animal stbck xf - f,flte kingdom. SMITIAFIELD.MARk"ET, AUGUST 4.. This day's Market was not well supplied with dif' ferent kinds of cattle,, Beef, Veal; and Lamb sup port last prices ; Mutton and Pork are' dearer ; and i4xe trade, for the most part, was indifferent- The . sales in the' Hay . Market were not ; .Straw has got up in price since Monday's market ; Hay and Clover obtained last prices. We subjoin an ac.• curate statement of the prices and numbers To sink the Oita} per stone of 816. Beef 45. 4d. to ss. 4d. —Mutton 43. ad. to ss. 4d. --Veal! ss. od. to 6s. 6d.—Pork ss. od. to 6s. 4d.—Lamb Ss. od. to Os. od. Beasts, 6p.—Sheep and Lambs, 6,loo.—Calves, Pigs, 38a. - - SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET. Hay sl. los. od. to bl. toa. od.— Straw tl. tot. oci. to 21. 25. od.—Clover 61. los. od. to 81. as. od. CORN-EICEIANGE, AUG. 4.—Thi§ day there are. some ;fresh arrivals of Wheat, but the supply bit hand.iS , short, and sales thaintain last prices.; New Rye rather dearer ; Barley,and Malt . likewise, and. iu shOrt supply ; Pease and Beans of each kind neur ly at last cturency ;. there are several arrivals of F 0 ... reign Oats, with - Some feW from. the North Country, and those of first quality are named dearer ; Flour on terms of the late advance, and fine American as our lasL ' Wheat -74 s A 83s a Os Tick Beans -4.1. s AOs Fine ditto - , - ieas a IoSS Oats - - ass a 2iis a 3 35. Rye -- . - .- - Os a sas Poland ditto - -36 s a vet Barley ' - - - th a 435 i'otatoe ditto - ---s a 4cs rvialtr,... - -,, 72s a 94 -o5 • Rape Seed - - 451.. a szt 4v White Pease - 905 a twos Fine Flouf - tbs a , Grey ditto- - - 46 s a 32,s Seeinids •• . 0 7s. I , 1 6;4 ktin: , . 9* 575 A 43s - ,